Yep. Would be different if they wanted to study Ancient Roman texts or Rennaisance Art. I'm all for the hard science shit.
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Yep. Would be different if they wanted to study Ancient Roman texts or Rennaisance Art. I'm all for the hard science shit.
Ladies and gents, please welcome the newest aerospace engineering student to Cal Poly….
Hell yeah. Congrats
Congrats! Money well spent.
Tap, that’s great, congrats to her!
We put down the deposit for thing #2 to go to WPI. How much can I get for a kidney?
It's never enough, take my word for it.
My son was accepted in the University of Washington engineering school! So proud of this kid and all he has gone through. UW was his first choice with Western WA being second. So happy he will be close to home so I can grab lunch with him once in a while.
He received a scholarship for the full tuition amount so we will only need to pay for room/board. That plus 2 years running start will be such a financial relief.
Congrats to all you proud parents of future scholars. :)
Wow, thats huge SB. Congrats!!!
It’s been such a weird high school experience.
My oldest got accepted to cal poly humboldt. Chem major. It was the only school that he applied to. He’s got a lot of college units but will likely still take 4 yrs because of course availability/schedule for the major. Lots of opportunities for other courses, though. He’s been pretty stoked on the scientific diving program.
How many of y’all have kiddos heading to college w/o a drivers license?
SorryBro, that's great!
Heh, not us but my sister in law has three of them. She does not drive and I'm afraid this has rubbed off on her kids.Quote:
Originally Posted by bodywhomper
OTOH my daughter at Seattle U was not even allowed to bring a car as a freshman. She could bring it next year but it's $100 a month parking fee. By now she's got the public transit so wired I doubt a car will be necessary anyway, especially for anything in the city. Her local friends drive her to Snoqualmie and she takes the rec program van to Crystal for ten bucks.
Only half a semester's worth of tuition if your lucky. The chinese have caused the bottom to drop out of the black market organ donor market.Quote:
Originally Posted by riser4
Why would you need a DL? I never drove a car once in college- i just bummed rides from friends/roommates, or took the airport shuttlebus, or just walked... its amazing how how far i walked daily in all kinds of shitty weather like it wasnt no thing during college. Hell i hope my kid never brings his car to college as i dont want him getting pressured into driving everywhere (E.g. to and from parties).Quote:
Originally Posted by bodywhomper
i finally forced mine to get a license just after he turned 17 -- i needed him to share driving home from the hill!!Quote:
Originally Posted by bodywhomper
entirely by chance, his senior year he needed to drive between campuses to get to classes, so that turned out to be especially useful.
a year later, he drives stick, complains about my truck & my wife's vw golf, and he's now all into cars & has upgraded his exhaust & turbo intake
he wants to lower mrs ::: :::'s car & straight pipe her exhaust
Wow, congrats! What flavah of engineering is he leaning towards?Quote:
Originally Posted by SorryBro
Yeah dads! I can feel the pride happening. Pretty damn cool to watch our kids doing so well!!
Congrats all to a job well done..
Have one to add to the pile, my senior has a couple more day to make his choice. Has it narrowed down to Colorado School of Mines v Reed (likely the 3+2 Engineering path via Columbia | Caltech). A genuinely curious human, very proud.
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Reed and Mines seem like very different environments , good luck to the kid choosing what's right for him. FWIW my brother did a 3/2 program finishing at Columbia in the 80's and he absolutely hated Columbia. He was at a small college with a very involved community of teachers and when he was at Columbia it was completely the opposite.
Youngest kid *finally* selected. Will be a CU Buff in the fall in the eng school studying aerospace.
There goes all my ski money. :mad:
Agreed, likely a big fork in the road for him.Quote:
Originally Posted by fatnslow
And thanks for that, the transition within the 3/2 is something we've kicked around at length.
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Keep in mind the beta is almost 40 years old but you can't discount the drastic difference between Reed and ANY larger , traditional university. My brother just had no clue about the NY effect of Columbia on top of being at a school 10x the size of where spent his first three years(PLU) .Quote:
Originally Posted by CuriousGeorge
I also have a BIL that did 3/2 for engineering at Carrol College to Gonzaga around the same time period and he also mentioned the transition had a few bumps as a junior coming into an environment with fairly established social groups. I 'm sure it can all be overcome but it's something to think about , especially depending on your kid's social skills and level of comfort being an outsider for a bit.
You/son should also look at the actual placement rate of the engineering students at the partner schools. PLU waved Stanford as a 3/2 partner school at the time but VERY few were actually accepted there.
Congrats man!Quote:
Originally Posted by skaredshtles
This cost is fucking real. Just had to throw down for room and board yesterday. So much for me doing anything fun for a while. That stung.
Yeah - it's *just* long enough between semesters that I kinda forget about it... then WHAM! - tuition due AGAIN. :mad:Quote:
Originally Posted by Buzzworthy
Made the last tuition payment for the youngest, he graduates from the ISU 2 year auto tech program with an AA in a couple of weeks. Quite a journey for a kid who decided to stop going to school his 2nd year of H.S. and had to be shipped off to get his head straight.
Meanwhile the daughter has been hinting at parental financial contributions for grad skool, but that's always been a hard no. This bank is closed. She can go into hock like everyone else for the privilege.
Or tell her to get a grad degree that someone will pay her to get. It won't be a glamorous few years but it beats the debt. My wife borrowed a bunch of money for grad school before we met. She's doing alright now, but I was in effect helping her pay her loans. They are fortunately paid off nowQuote:
Originally Posted by I Skied Bandini Mountain
Yeah, someone is going to give her money to do it, she just needs to look around a bit at her options. She might need to get some loans but it won't be much if she plays her cards right.
We've got one that is *probably* going to go the grad-school route. I *think* I've been pretty clear that the bank is closed after undergrad, but my wife is muddying the waters every now and again. :mad:Quote:
Originally Posted by I Skied Bandini Mountain
He isn't sure. Just knows he likes math, science, and political science, so we will see where he ends up. He's so far ahead with 2 years of running start, I told him to have fun in college and figure it out on his own time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Norseman
Are we married to the same woman ?Quote:
Originally Posted by skaredshtles
I don't think so... but... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯Quote:
Originally Posted by fatnslow
Just parted ways with our new freshman and firstborn child. Kinda tough for the younger siblings and parents. Stoked for the kid!
Dunno why it's tough for the parents... that's ONE DOWN!! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by bodywhomper
FTR - our youngest heads off to CU in about a week.
You ready for the , " got a kid in college diet" ? Can't afford breakfast, brown bag lunch followed up with top ramen for dinner...Quote:
Originally Posted by bodywhomper
On a serious note congrats and as much as you or mom want to keep tabs very second just let them be and make some mistakes and try to figure things out.
Try two at the same time - I was briefly down to one, but that only lasted a semester. :mad:Quote:
Originally Posted by fatnslow
Yes, lived it and barely survived. Now just 3 more years left on last kid. That's the "fast weight loss" program , no brown bag lunch. Only one meal that's free crackers from a restaurant of your choice accompanied by ketchup/mustard/relish packet trio.Quote:
Originally Posted by skaredshtles
Packing currently with our only daughter as she has a 10am move in time Wednesday at the U.
Damn that came fast.
Ah... similar to the old Ski Bum Salad. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by fatnslow
Having just graduated one from college (with one half-way through), you'll feel like you got a nice bonus when it happens.